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Fragrance ingredients some people react to (the EU requires listing these): Benzyl Salicylate, Geraniol, Linalool
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Every ingredient in label order — what it does, how likely it is to clog pores, and how strong the research is. Expand a row for the plain-words read.
| Ingredient | What it does | Comedogenic | Evidence |
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2Alcohol DenatDrying alcohol | Denatured alcohol; can be drying with frequent use.moreDenatured alcohol is ordinary ethanol with bittering or toxic additives mixed in so it can't be consumed, used purely for tax and regulatory reasons. Full ingredient page → | — | moderate |
3AquaWater | solventmoreWater (Aqua) is the solvent base of most skincare and haircare products and usually the first, largest ingredient on the label. Full ingredient page → | — | |
One of the most reliable moisture-binding ingredients in skincare.moreThe gold-standard humectant in skincare: a small, water-loving (hygroscopic) molecule that is also part of skin's own natural moisturizing factor. Full ingredient page → | 0 | strong | |
5ParfumFragrance | A blend of fragrance compounds; the most common trigger for fragrance sensitivity.more'Fragrance' or 'Parfum' is not a single ingredient but an undisclosed blend of scent compounds (30-50 on average, sometimes up to ~200) whose exact composition is a protected trade secret. Full ingredient page → | — | moderate |
perfuming, uv absorbermoreA fragrance ingredient (the benzyl ester of salicylic acid; occurs naturally in some plants) with a very faint sweet-floral, slightly balsamic scent, used to add scent and as a fixative in floral blends (and sometimes as a UV-light absorber). Full ingredient page → | — | moderate | |
perfuming, tonicmoreA fragrance ingredient — the main scent compound of rose and palmarosa oils (also in geranium and citronella) with a sweet, floral rose-like odour — added purely for scent, and one of the fragrance allergens the EU requires to be declared on cosmetic labels (Annex III). Full ingredient page → | — | moderate | |
deodorant, perfumingmoreA fragrance ingredient — a naturally occurring terpene alcohol found in lavender, coriander and citrus flowers, with a sweet floral/lavender scent — added purely for scent, and one of the fragrance allergens the EU requires to be declared on cosmetic labels (Annex III). Full ingredient page → | — | moderate |
Comedogenic is a 0–5 pore-clogging likelihood — a contested measure, take it lightly. No marker = unremarkable or not yet researched — we never fake a rating.
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